Political Quotes

“I rise in opposition to the Broun amendment, and really find it somewhat incredible that, in the bill that the majority brought forward, the renewable energy accounts have been cut by over half, over 60 percent already. This gentleman proposes an amendment to cut it by an additional 1 percent. And that equals $9,826,370 to an account that has already just been drubbed. Now, I want to say something here. Here's a chart that shows America's trade deficit. And energy, imported energy, comprises the largest account. We haven't had a balanced trade deficit since the 1970s, when the job hemorrhage started in this country. And it gets worse every year. America's future depends on innovation. We can't continue to live like this. Every community you go to in this country, they say, will we have to move somewhere because my child can't find a job? Or gosh, I just had to get another job and I had my salary cut in half. It's pretty obvious what's been happening. The major category of trade deficit is energy imports, energy, because we are not self- sufficient in energy production in this country. Part of the answer lies in new energy systems, systems that even NASA has helped us to begin to invent, yes, in the solar field, yes, in new hydrogen technologies like cryogenic hydrogen, yes, in natural gas. Thank goodness, the Department invested in fossil fuel technologies. That's where the fracking technologies came from. It came from thinking about the future, not living in the past.…”